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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

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An organization dedicated to “never again” a genocide — such as those in Europe, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur — must raise awareness and advocate with as much energy as it raises money. All departments of the organization need to know what the other departments are doing.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January. As a result, the UN is making the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda. olympics China human rights Tibet Burma Darfur Claire of Free Aung San Suu Kyi!

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Pros and Cons of Facebook Activism

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I joined the various Burma Facebook groups early on because my colleagues in Cambodia were involved from the beginning and documented some of the activism. moving from Darfur to Burma to whatever cause is next. taking place across various social media sites, including Facebook. serial activists???,

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia. The Kids in Cambodia Say Thank You. Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Thanks Teresa Crawford For Helping Us Swim Upstream. Don't Let $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation Slip Away! Why Is Pharoth Wearing A Foo Camp T-Shirt? Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper.

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Changing the Present, Give Meaning, and Personal Fundraising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Sharing Foundation sends a personalized, made in Cambodia, thank you card designed by one of the talented orphans we're supporting for high school and art lessons no less ! Stop the genocide in Darfur, that???d So, what I wonder is how many people go "cause shopping.? Big or small.it t matter???just just plant one tree.

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"Books of Conscience" to Read During Genocide Prevention Month

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According to the Genocide Prevention Month's site , the genocide in Bosnia began April 6, in Rwanda April 7, in Cambodia April 17, in Darfur April 19, in Armenia April 24, and the Holocast began April 21st. Did you know that six genocides began in the month of April?

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it. They remembered learning in school about the Holocaust in World War II and the international commitment that genocide would never happen again.

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